Clothes-pressing machine.



O. D. LIOHTENSTEIN.

CLOTHES PRESSING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2a. 1913.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915 WITNESSES: INVENTOR ATTORNEY lit] lli

CHUNE 1D. LICHT'E'NSTEIN, 03E SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

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application filed November 26, 1913. Serial No. 803,138.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it lmown that l[, CHUNE D. LIcHTEN-srnm, a subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at Seattle, in thecounty of King and State ofWashington, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Clothes- Fressing Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes pressing machines and its object isthe improvement in machines of this character whereby the operations ofpressing garments are more conveniently and efficiently performed thanhitherto.

The invention consists in the novel construction and adaptation ofdevices, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawin s, Figure 1 is a plan view of a machine emodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view partly in side elevation andpartly in vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a detailsectional View on line 4-45: of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofone of the attachments for the pressing iron or body.

The reference numeral 5 designates the machine standard of a tubularform and having a wide base 6 to render the standard stable. Secured tothe standard 5 are upwardly extending arms 73 provided near their upperends with journal. bearings for a transversely arranged shaft 8. Fixedlyconnected to the shaft, as by keys 9, is a pair of spaced leversrespectively provided wlth forwardly and rearwardly extending arms 10,10 and 11, 11 The arms 10 and 1.0 are bored to receive the stems 12, ofinverted cup-members 13,13 which are rigidly connected to the respectivelever arms as by nuts 14 engaging screw-threads termed on the stems 12.Provided for said cup-members are ball-members 15, 15 which are formedwith or rigidly connected to'plates 16 which, in turn. are rigidlyconnected to a hollow presser-block 17 of cast iron or other suitablematerial. The plates 16 areset up at their ends 16 to receive therebelowthe heads 18 of bolts 18 which extend upwardly through slots 19 providedin the plate ends and likewise through apertures provided in the lever tecm'eauon of Letters Patent.

Patented ]Fe1b.23, 1915 arms 10 and 10 The u per ends of said bolts arescrew threaded or engaging nuts 21 servmg as adjustable stops forwashers '22. 23 are helical springs positioned about bolts 18 andbetween said washers and the respective lever-arms 10 and 10 ,.as shown.The oflice of said springs is to yieldingly hold the ball-and-socketmembers 13, 13 and 15, 15 in couple. The lever-arms 11 and 11 areconnected by a rod 24 which supports a counter-weight or weights 25tending to hold the presser block in its most elevated position. Securedto the shaft 8 by a key 26 is a wheel 27 having in its periphery notches28,each of asubstantially triangular shape, disposed as shown in Fig. 4.Said wheel is housed in a cylindrical'casing 29 which is rotatablymounted on the shaft and is. provided witha rearwardly extending arm 30.

31 represents a link connecting the arm with a treadle 32 which isnormally held in the position in which it is illustrated in Fig. 2through the medium of a weight 32 Within each of the notches 28 of wheel27 is a roller 20 which is adapted to engage the casing 29 to the wheel27 when the casing is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow inFig. 4:, but allowing the wheel to be turned independently of the casingwhen influenced bythe operator pulling down. the presser block throughthe agency of a handle 33 provided on the latter. Positioned within thecasing is a second wheel 34 having peripheral teeth 35 (see Fig. 4:)which are adapted to engage the rollers 20 .and push the same againstthe shoulders 28 of the a other wheel 27 when the wheel 34: is suitablyturned through the medium of a handle 36.

37 represents a bracket having at one end a sleeve 38 which is rotatableupon a cylindrical portion 5 of the standard and between flanges 5thereon. Adjacentto its outer end said bracket is provided with a socket39 for a tubular element 40 which extends downwardly from a plate 41bearing on the upper surface of the bracket. A hollow post 13 extendsupwardly-from plate .41 and in ofl set relation with respect to the axis'of the element %0.

44: represents a table or board upon which are placed garments or otherarticles to be means of handle 33 grasped in his hand,

pulls the block 17 downwardly upon the goods to press the latter.Ordinarily, sufficient force may be thus applied to effect the pressingof the goods. When garments are made of heavy material, however, thenthe operator after pulling down by handle 33 the block into about theposition at which it is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, pushes down with hisfoot upon treadle 32 resulting in the link 31 pushing up arm 30 to causethe easing 29 to be turned in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 4,.whereby the rollers 20 are influenced to turn the wheel 27 whereby theshaft 8 is actuated to further depress the block 17 with a force greaterthan what may be attained by hand-power applied through handle 33. Whenthe pressing is completed, the operator swings handle 36- upwardlycausing the wheel 34 to disengage the rollers from the wheel 27 andcasing 29, thereby releasing the shaft 8 with respect to the treadle,whereupon the weights 25 assert their power to elevate the block. Byreason of the ball-and-soeket connections between thearms 10, 10 and theblock, the latter, sub ect to springs 23, is adapted to be tilted bothin longitudinal and transverse directions as respectively indicated bybroken lines A and B in Figs. 2 and 3.

The table 44 may be swung with the bracket 37 about the axis of thestandard sitions to present selected parts of the work to the block 17when the latter is brought down, as before explained.

For different classes of work, various sizes or shapes of tables may besubstituted.

What I claim, is

1. In a clothes pressing machine, the combination with a rock-shaft of apair of weighted levers fulcrumed on said shaft, a presser-block,parallel plates secured transversely to the upper side of said block,and having'off-set slotted ends, a ball secured to each of said platescentrally of its length, resilient connections between said slotted endsof the plates and said levers, and cupshaped members depending from saidlevers to receive said balls.

2. In a clothes-pressing machine, the combination with a rock-shaft, ofa pair of levers fulcrumed thereon, a presser block resilientlysuspended from .said levers, and provided with a handle for tilting theblock and treadle-operated means for depressing said block, comprising acasing, clutcl1-devices within said casing mounted upon said rock-shaft,aclutch-operating handle projecting at one side of said casing, an armalso projecting from said casing, a treadle, and a link connectionbetween said arm and treadle. r

3. In a clothes-pressing machine, the combination with a rock-shaft of apair of weighted levers fulcrumed on said shaft, a presser blockresiliently-suspended from said levers by means of headed boltsextending through openings in the levers, plates secured to said blockand having 01fset slotted ends to receive the heads of said bolts,springs encircling the bolts above said levers, stops on the boltsconfining said springs, nuts on the threaded ends of the bolts foradjustably securing said stops, and ball and socket connections betweensaid plates and levers.

Signed at Seattle, Wash, this 17th day of November, 1913.

I CHUN E D. LICHTENSTEIN.

Witnesses HORACE BARNES, E. PETERSON.

